• Welcome to the ShrimperZone forums.
    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which only gives you limited access.

    Existing Users:.
    Please log-in using your existing username and password. If you have any problems, please see below.

    New Users:
    Join our free community now and gain access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and free. Click here to join.

    Fans from other clubs
    We welcome and appreciate supporters from other clubs who wish to engage in sensible discussion. Please feel free to join as above but understand that this is a moderated site and those who cannot play nicely will be quickly removed.

    Assistance Required
    For help with the registration process or accessing your account, please send a note using the Contact us link in the footer, please include your account name. We can then provide you with a new password and verification to get you on the site.

Mick

Life President
Joined
Oct 28, 2003
Messages
10,936
Tomorrow's referee is, in theory, the best referee outside the SG. It is 6th year referee, Roger East from Salisbury. He has been given 4 Premiership matches this season.

He is a familiar and distinctive figure to most of us as he did both the televised game at Gillingham (2 yellows and three points to us) and the disappointing home defeat to Aldershot (booked Timlin, Harris and 3 of theirs) last season.

He achieved some success as an Assistant Referee being appointed to the 2004 Cup Final and a couple of playoff finals. Wasn't uniformly popular especially in his Conference days but seems to have settled into the Football League and has refereed a good number of Championship games in addition to his recent top level appointments.

He made two visits to Roots Hall the season before last; the first wasn't great on a number of levels. Firstly, we were awful. Secondly he wasn't much better with 6 cautions shared equally between the two teams. We were very lucky to get away with only a 3-1 defeat to Port Vale. His next appearance was the 3-2 home defeat by Chesterfield with 4 cautions - all to them.

Before that, Southend games officiated included Northampton and Yeovil, both away five seasons ago, Millwall at home four seasons ago and Brighton away three seasons ago.

The other one was Exeter away , also three seasons ago, when we lost 1-0 and he sent off Corr whilst he was playing for them. He also sent off Ibehre for us.

The shaven-headed Mr East has relented a lot on his card showing the last couple of years and is comfortably the right side of average with 76 yellows and 5 reds from 27 games.

His assistants will be Anthony Coggins from Bicester and Adam Hopkins who works for Devon FA and has a sportwear shop in Plymouth.

Paul Rees from Bristol will be doing the 4th Official stuff.
 
Back
Top